How to make a duplicate emerald a different color

This is the expected result of my emerald palette, but with S1 color limitations, some emeralds will appear different


I am still having an issue with the 7th emerald. I'd rather duplicate a blue one rather than a gray one because the gray one uses one less color then the blue or red one. And how can I make a separate palette with two duplicate blue or gray emeralds so that the duplicate one (7th) doesn't appear like the original but the desired color (light blue)?

 

An MD palette has space for 16 colors, 1 being transparent (and 4 palette lines, IIRC). So, you have 15 available colors. If you have 7 emeralds, give them 2 colors each and leave 1 for white (the text can share the yellow emerald's color). You may have to cut some details in the color, but you won't need 2 palettes.

 

What I did now is duplicate the first stage because the blue emerald has more shading than the gray and the light blue emerald will look better. Sorry I haven't made such a response in a while

 

Change your palette to include a sky emerald and then modify your art and or mappings to fit.

 

Mappings for sprites on S1 are formatted like so:


dc.b $VV,$WW,$XX,$YY, $ZZ


you'll be interested in the first nybble of XX (the first X), we need to break this down into bits, so, X = 0000,


The first 0 -> [0]000


if the bit is 0, then the sprite is in low plane


if the bit is 1, then the sprite is in high plane


The middle two 0's -> 0[00]0


if the bits are 00, then palette line 1 is selected for the sprite piece.


if the bits are 01, then palette line 2 is selected for the sprite piece.


if the bits are 10, then palette line 3 is selected for the sprite piece.


if the bits are 11, then palette line 4 is selected for the sprite piece.


The last 0 -> 000[0]


if the bit is 0, then the sprite is normal


if the bit is 1, then the sprite is upside-down


Lets move on to the second nybble (The second X), again, breaking up into bits, so, X = 0000


The first bit we're interested in the more than anything:


if the bit is 0, then the sprite is normal


if the bit is 1, then the sprite is backwards (Mirrored)


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Basically to sum it up for people who don't understand and only wnat to know about colouring a sprite on a different palette line:


if XX is 00, then palette line 1 is selected


if XX is 20, then palette line 2 is selected


if XX is 40, then palette line 3 is selected


if XX is 60, then palette line 4 is selected


If however you want the sprites in high plane, then:


if XX is 80, then palette line 1 is selected (High plane)


if XX is A0, then palette line 2 is selected (High plane)


if XX is C0, then palette line 3 is selected (High plane)


if XX is E0, then palette line 4 is selected (High plane)


I suggest looking into using the other palette lines as it's much more simpler, plus the fact that you can have the graphics and a high standard =P